uranium hexafluoride


noun Chemistry.

a colorless, water-insoluble, crystalline, volatile solid, UF6, used in its gaseous state in separating uranium 235 from uranium.

Origin of uranium hexafluoride

First recorded in 1940–45

British Dictionary definitions for uranium hexafluoride

uranium hexafluoride
/ (ˌhɛksəˈflʊəˌraɪd) /

noun

a compound used in the process of uranium enrichment that produces fissile material for nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons. Formula: UF 6